Says his hidden talent is cooking Sancocho...Loves watching Mickey Mouse with his daughter, Aileen. She is two years old...His role model growing up was Albert Pujols Jr.
2024
Acquired by Miami from New York-AL with INF Jared Serna and Abrahan Ramírez in exchange for INF/OF Jazz Chisholm Jr on July 27. Was rated as the third-best prospect in the Yankees system by Baseball America at the time of the trade...Slashed .269/.358/.504 (90x335) in 87 games between Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre (29 games) and Double-A Somerset (58 games) before the trade, with 17 doubles, a career-best 20 home runs and 69 RBI while walking 42 times against 66 strikeouts...Started the campaign with Double-A Somerset, where he hit .289 (66x228) with 14 doubles, one triple, 16 home runs, 49 RBI and a .942 OPS in 58 games...Recorded a season-high four hits twice while with the Patriots: May 14 vs. Portland and June 12 at Binghamton...Earned promotion to Triple-A on June 19, making his Triple-A debut vs. Buffalo. Went 1x5 as the designated hitter...Batted .224 (24x107) with three doubles, four home runs and 20 RBI in 29 games with Scranton Wilkes-Barre...Was assigned to Triple-A Jacksonville following the trade, where he slashed .262/.358/.364 (37x141) with nine doubles, one triple, five home runs and 24 RBI in 39 games to finish the year. Posted an .805 OPS...Owned a 10-game hitting streak on both ends of the trade, from July 19-31...Appeared defensively with the Jumbo Shrimp in 22 games (22 starts) at catcher, posting a .991 fielding pct. (219 TC/2 E) in 190 innings. Threw out 3-of-23 attempted base stealers...Had hits in 24 of his 39 games with the Jumbo Shrimp. Had multiple hits in nine of those games, and four three-hit efforts...Recorded back-to-back three-hit games on Sept. 18-19 vs. Gwinnett, going 6x6 with four runs, two doubles, two home runs, five RBI, and two walks in the two games. Started at catcher in both games...Hit .281 (16x57) in 16 September games. Was tied for the team lead with 12 RBI in the month.
2023
Batted .271/.364/.455 (115-for-424) with 73R, 24 doubles, 18HR, 69RBI, 61BB and 12SB in 114 combined games with Single-A Tampa, High-A Hudson Valley and Double-A Somerset…among Yankees Minor Leaguers, was tied for fourth in doubles, ranked fifth in runs scored, seventh in RBI, extra-base hits (42) and total bases (193), eighth in hits and ninth in SLG…combined to throw out 28-of-132 (21.2%) attempted base stealers...Began the season with Single-A Tampa, batting .245 (45-for-184) with 35R, 7 doubles, 7HR, 35RBI, 43BB and 7SB in 56 games...Was promoted to High-A Hudson Valley on 6/29 and hit .384/.430/.714 (43-for-112) with 21R, 10 doubles, 9HR, 23RBI, 8BB and 2SB in 27 games…was named the South Atlantic League “Player of the Month” for July after batting .415/.467/.756 (34-for-82) with 17R, 10 doubles, 6HR, 16RBI, 7BB, 1HP and 2SB in 20 games...Was promoted to Double-A Somerset on 8/8 and hit .211 (27-for-128) with 17R, 7 doubles, 2HR, 11RBI, 10BB and 3SB in 31 games...Was added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster on 11/14.
2022
In 44 games with the FCL Yankees, batted .304/.386/.506 (51-for-168) with 34R, 14 doubles, 1 triple, 6HR, 51RBI, 23BB and 13SB…ranked third among qualified Yankees farmhands in batting average, tied for third in SLG and ranked sixth in OPS (.892)…threw out 21-of-64 (32.8%) attempted base stealers...Led FCL batters in RBI and total bases (85), was tied for first in home runs and doubles, ranked second in extrabase hits (21), third in hits, fifth in batting average and SLG, sixth in OPS, eighth in runs and ninth in OBP...Was named the FCL “Player of the Week” from 6/13-19 after hitting .429/.455/.810 (9-for-21) with 6R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 12RBI, 1BB and 1SB over five games...Was named a Florida Coast League Postseason All-Star.
2021
Batted .220 (20-for-91) with 19R, 10 doubles, 4HR, 15RBI and 15BB in 32 games with the FCL Yankees…threw out 12-of-32 (37.5%) attempted base stealers.
2020
Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
